Introduction to Nynorsk/Adjectives

Regular adjectives

The adjectives with a regular inflection come in five major classes, which will be introduced in the tables below.

a1

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
turr1		turt	turre		turrare	turrast	turraste
dry					drier	driest	(the) driest

1:The parallel form tørr is more common in use, while turr is the traditional form.

a2

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
norsk			norske		meir norsk	mest norsk	den/det mest norske
Norwegian					more Norwegian	most Norwegian	the most Norwegian

a3

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
direkte					meir direkte	mest direkte	den/det mest direkte
direct					more direct	most direct	the most direct

a4

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
vaken		vake or vakent	vakne		meir vaken	mest vaken	den/det mest vakne
awake					more awake	most awake	the most awake

Note that the -are, -ast, -aste comparative and superlative inflection may also be used for this class. It might vary from adjective to adjective which inflection is the most common one.

a5

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
frosen		frose	frosne		meir frosen	mest frosen	den/det mest frosne
frozen					more frozen	most frozen	the most frozen

What separates a5 from a4, is that a5 is derived from the past participles of verbs. Just as with a4, the -are, -ast, -aste comparative and superlative inflection may also be used for this class.

Irregular adjectives

Several adjectives have an irregular inflection. Note, however, that parts of their inflection typcially are regular.

stor

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
stor		stort	store		større	størst	største
large					larger	largest	(the) largest

In this case, the irregularity is the fact that the root vowel changes (o →‎ ø) while the -are, -ast(e) suffixes are not used.

gamal

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
gam(m)al		gam(m)alt	gamle		eldre	eldst	eldste
old					older	oldest	(the) oldest

god

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
god		godt	gode		betre	best	beste
good					better	best	(the) best

This adjective was highly irregular (just as with the previous one, the root isn't kept for the last forms), but, the irregularity is almost identical to the English one!

liten

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
liten	lita	lite	litle or vesle	små or småe	mindre	minst	minste
little					smaller	smallest	(the) smallest

This adjective also has some similarity with its English counterpart, but it is, nonetheless, inflected in quite a different manner.

mykje

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
mykje					meir	mest	det/den mest
much					more	most	the most

ung

masculine	feminine	neuter	definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
ung		ungt	unge		yngre	yngst	yngste
young					younger	youngest	(the) youngest

få

definite singular	plural	comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
få or fåe	få or fåe	færre	færrast	færraste
few		fewer	fewest	(the) fewest

verre

comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
verre	verst	verste
worse	worst	(the) worst

This adjective can be employed as degree forms of vond and dårleg (both meaning, among other things, "bad"), although both those adjectives have such forms of their own.

øvre

comparative	indef. superlative	def. superlative
øvre	øvst	øvste
upper	upmost	(the) upmost

Note the regularity of the defininte superlative being equal to indefinite superlative + e, just as with e.g. a1 (for all adjectives not employing det/den).